18 September 2015 A.D. ACNA’s Archbishop Foley Beach’s text on proposed Primates’ gathering
18 September 2015 A.D. ACNA’s Archbishop Foley Beach’s text on proposed
Primates’ gathering
Editors. “ACNA Archbishop Foley Beach on the proposed
Primates’ gathering.” Anglican Church
League. 18 Sept 2015. http://acl.asn.au/acna-archbishop-foley-beach-on-the-proposed-primates-gathering/.
Accessed 18 Sept 2015.
ACNA Archbishop Foley Beach
on the proposed Primates’ gathering
Posted on
September 18, 2015
Filed under Anglican Communion, GAFCON
Filed under Anglican Communion, GAFCON
The
Archbishop of the Anglican Church of North America, Foley Beach, writes about
his invitation to the Primates’ gathering in January:
“The challenges facing the
Anglican Communion over the last couple of decades are no secret, and it is
time to face them.”
Full text:
“Many of you
have heard the news that I have been invited to attend a gathering of the
Primates of the Anglican Communion this coming January.
I did indeed
receive a personal call from Archbishop Justin Welby inviting me to attend and
participate.
If my fellow
GAFCON Primates accept the invitation, and I am expecting that they will, then
I have also pledged to attend. The challenges facing the Anglican Communion
over the last couple of decades are no secret, and it is time to face them.
Previous meetings of the Communion, from the 1998 Lambeth Conference to the
2007 Primates Meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, gave clear direction for
maintaining and restoring order within the Communion. Unfortunately, these
resolutions were not followed which further divided the Communion. The
resulting situation is one in which the fabric of the Communion continues to be
torn.
I am thankful
for the way in which GAFCON has proclaimed the Good News of Jesus Christ, and
has been seeking the renewal and restoration of the Communion.
I ask your
prayers for myself, as well as the other GAFCON and Global South Primates, as
we continue to seek to evangelize, proclaim the Gospel, and work for the
restoration of the Anglican Communion’s life and witness.
In Christ,
The Most Rev.
Dr. Foley Beach.”
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